Swiss Premium Dairy in Lebanon Earns Top Award in Dean Foods National Safety Competition

LEBANON, Pa., June 5, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- For its impressive performance in ensuring world class workplace safety, Dean Foods' Swiss Premium Dairy plant in Lebanon, Pennsylvania, was awarded the 2014 Dean Foods Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Award for fluid milk. The award is the company's top honor and the plant was selected over nearly 70 other Dean Foods dairy plants after a rigorous, one-year judging process.

Dean Foods CEO Gregg Tanner presented the award to John Wengert, Plant Manager, Swiss Premium Dairy on June 5.

"At Dean Foods, we're committed to our employees and their safety, which is why this award is so important," said Tanner. "We're excited with the level of excellence in safety our Lebanon employees have exemplified, and we're thrilled to recognize them for this achievement."

The Dean Foods CEO EHS Award is the culmination of an intensive assessment process. This year, two ice cream plants, three logistics locations, and three fluid milk plants including the Lebanon plant, received the Excellence in EHS Award. The awards are based on multiple criteria including: injury rates, workers compensation statistics, behavior-based safety elements like observation and coaching, internal audit scores and employee training. 

Next, these eight locations were scrutinized further by Dean Foods' senior leadership who took into account employee engagement, best practices and the 'safety culture' within the location. The Swiss Premium plant in Lebanon emerged as the cream of the crop for the fluid milk category.

"At Swiss Premium Dairy in Lebanon, we take great pride in working safe each and every day, and it's an honor to celebrate this achievement with all of our employees who made this happen," said Wengert.

About Dean Foods

Dean Foods® is a leading food and beverage company in the United States and is the nation's largest processor and direct-to-store distributor of fluid milk. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the Dean Foods portfolio includes TruMoo®, the leading national flavored milk brand, and DairyPure®, the first and largest fresh white milk national brand, along with well-known regional dairy brands such as Alta Dena®, Berkeley Farms®, Country Fresh®, Dean's®, Garelick Farms®, LAND O LAKES® milk and cultured products*, Lehigh Valley Dairy Farms®, Mayfield®, McArthur®, Meadow Gold®, Oak Farms®, PET®**, T.G. Lee®, Tuscan® and more. In all, Dean Foods has more than 50 local and regional dairy brands and private labels. Dean Foods also makes and distributes ice cream, cultured products, juices, teas, and bottled water. Approximately 17,000 employees across the country work every day to make Dean Foods the most admired and trusted provider of wholesome, great-tasting dairy products at every occasion. For more information about Dean Foods and its brands, visit www.deanfoods.com.

*The LAND O LAKES brand is owned by Land O'Lakes, Inc. and is used by license.
**PET is a trademark of The J.M. Smucker Company and is used by license.

CONTACT: Dustin Cox, 214-721-7766 or [email protected]

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